Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.111
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c35.111
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Pahada mune, pattern of grass mat, Fig. 143. Painting, 164-181; Pls. XIV.—XXI.: *bali* images, 176; Pl. IV., 2: book-covers, Figs. 32, 64: boxes, 94; Fig. 29: ceilings, roofs of cave temples, etc., 15, 107; Figs. 52, 60; Pls. XIV., 3, 4, XV., XVI.: on cloth, 3, 73, 174: continuous narration, 168; Pls. I., XVIII.: described in Mahāvamsa, 5, 11, 12, 173, 174: *do.*, earliest references (painted vases), 177: *do.* by Fa Hian, 177: *do.* in Sinhalese literature, 172: expression, 171: eye, representation of, 169: eyes of images, *v.* nētra maṅgalyaya: figures shown only in full, side, or three-quarter view, 169: history of, in Ceylon, 170, 177: of images, etc., 5, 145, 149, 184: of ivory, 184: in oil, 177: outdoor, 178: absence of perspective and shading, 168: pigments, technique, etc., 164 seq.: pottery, 225, 227, 228; Fig. 31; Pl. XXVI., 6, 12: value of old, 164, 168, 268: teaching, 64 seq.: on walls of houses and granaries, 116, 166; Pl. VII., 6, 9: *v. also* Devaragampola Silvaṭenna, Degaldoruva, Doḍantale, Dambulla, Danagirigala, Sigiriya, Buddha, *jatakas*, satsatiya, Māra yuddhaya. Palace, of Rāja Simha II., 115: supported by a single column, 121, 122. Palal lanava, to order warp threads, 236. Palam, a weight, 64. Palanquin, doliya, palakkiya, 206, 213; Pl. IX., 1.: -rest, *kōnteruva*, 195. Pala-peṭi, lotus petal border or moulding, 96, 97, 100, 102, 133, 146, 147, 186, 217, 252; Figs. 38, 39, 64, 89 (B); Pls. XXXII., 7, 8, 9, XXXIII., 6, XXXVII., 5, XXXVIII., 4, 7, XL., 17: as equivalent, or origin, of ‘egg and dart,’ 97, 261. Palampores, printed cotton hangings, S. Indian, 97. Paldeṇiya, a village in the C.P., 194. Palingupāna, sannasa, 213. Palinguva, quartz, crystal: *karaṇḍuva*, image, spectacles, 147. Palipāna, village in the C.P., 204, 205.